What is intrinsic and extrinsic motivation?
"The terms “intrinsic” and “extrinsic” refer to where your motivation comes from, whether it is within you or outside of you.
Intrinsic motivation is motivation that is based on internal factors like what you like to do and things that make you happy. For example, my brother works for a snowboard company because he loves snowboarding and is happiest when he is on the slopes.
Extrinsic motivation is motivation that is based on external factors like money, rewards, obligations, or approval. For example, my brother sells a specific number of snowboards each year because he needs to make money and wants to earn rewards from his job."
Read more at: https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/behavior/physiological-and-sociocultural-concepts-of-motivation-and-attitudes/a/motivation-article-2
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I’m feeling intrinsically motivated to start new projects and spread more awareness. It’s like a newfound energy is springing forth from within that seeks its own means and ends. It’s my perspective that if I begin to follow through on these little ideas that keep popping up, then one of them –or more – will start to take hold and become something.
Things like:
- Running a Facebook page with a positive theme for creating a better future
I created the page a while ago, but it’s been non-public and just “an idea” since then. - Learning to paint
I started this a week ago, but it’s been on my “want to do list” for a long time. And now… now I have live-in teacher. <3 He’s all too eager to teach me, too. ;) - Home-improvement projects
Yeah, this one isn’t so much me (anymore) as they are for spaceman haha. But seriously, we want to move in a couple years, and we figure a little project here and there is a good investment towards a swift sale process one day. - Meditation & Yoga
This one is ALWAYS on my list of “do better at” things. As spaceman has brought a definitive example of dedication into my life and has been taking up some of my responsibilities as his own, I can now find more time for this. It’s time to get serious! - Writing!
Oh how I crave to just pour my thoughts out through my fingertips! The fact that so many little blurbs are popping into my head, fueled through my increased clarity as of late, is so encouraging. I may not have the time just then when the thoughts come to me, but they’re happening enough that sometimes they get recorded, even if it’s usually in some private file or journal. - Dreams
I seem to have a knack for symbolic dreaming. Right now they are happening pretty much every night, even if I’m not slowing down to record them. I feel like this is a “source” that’s ready to be tapped. I have such great luck with Tarot cards and dreams feel quite like that in many ways. It’s a personal area of focus that feel rich and ripe with content to be explored.
Yeah, it’s pretty much a lot of the same stuff I’ve always wanted to delve more into, but isn’t it great that I’m feeling this surge, as if I could really take off with one or more of them? Yes. :-)
It’s snowing outside, soooo beautiful! But back to the extrinsic corporate world… for now…
